#AE8EA9#AE8EA9

#AE8EA9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.054 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE8EA9
RGB	rgb(174, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(309, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(309, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 2.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, 16.78, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 19.35, 330.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% 0.0472 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.054 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2893, 31.2100, 41.7463)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE8EA9 #8EAE93

analogous

#A38EAE #AE8EA9 #AE8E99

triadic

#AE8EA9 #A9AE8E #8EA9AE

tetradic

#AE8EA9 #AEA38E #8EAE93 #8E99AE

square

#AE8EA9 #AEA38E #8EAE93 #8E99AE

split-complementary

#AE8EA9 #99AE8E #8EAEA3

monochromatic

#71516C #946A8E #AE8EA9 #C8B2C4 #E1D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AE8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#AE8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE8EA9

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE8EA9	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.054 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6afc2',
    500: '#ae8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae8ea9;
$custom-light: #c6afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.375,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68478,
    "c": 0.05369,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE8EA9

secondary

#C6D2C8

accent

#9B574B

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F4F7

border

#D1CED0

text

#131012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE8EA9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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